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Modified: May 16, 2025 Published: Jan 30, 2020· Cathy Brak · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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Fluffy Gluten Free Pancakes

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Fluffy Gluten-Free Pancakes are easy to make and also free from dairy and nuts. Sometimes I add fresh or frozen blueberries to the mix with fabulous results! If you should happen to have leftovers, they'll freeze well.

stack of gluten free pancakes with butter on top, garnished with strawberries

Do Pancakes Have Gluten in Them?

Regular pancakes have gluten in them - lots of gluten! If you need to be gluten-free - or even if you don't - you can now enjoy light, fluffy pancakes! I'll give the exact flour combination to use for the best pancake results. Read more about the characteristics of the various gluten-free flours.

I don't make separate gluten-free pancakes for myself when I'm serving pancakes to people who do consume gluten. These are good enough for everyone! We all enjoy them together.

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Simple Gluten-Free Pancakes

Fluffy Gluten-Free Pancakes is a great basic, starter pancake recipe for you to have with your favourite fruit, meat, and toppings. Whether you pile them high with fruit and whipped cream, enjoy them with bacon or sausage, or simply appreciate a stack of plain, hot pancakes, drizzled with pure maple syrup, this is a recipe for you to return to regularly. You probably already have the flours on hand if you're gluten-free.

Dairy Free Pancakes

While this recipe itself is dairy-free, I enjoy a little butter melted over my pancakes along with maple syrup. I have been diagnosed as being casein-intolerant. Unlike lactose, a sugar, casein is a protein in dairy. Because butter is the fat of milk, I'm able to eat it! That makes me very happy! I can also consume goat and sheep dairy, because they have a different type of casein from that of cows' milk. You might be able to determine if you have a similar issue by following the Elimination Diet Meal Plan and then separating butter from other dairy.

Elimination Diet Meal Plan

How Do You Make Pancakes Fluffier?

While not over-mixing your batter and possibly even beating egg whites separately will help to make regular pancakes fluffier, those steps are not necessary for these gluten-free pancakes. Simply whisking up the batter in one bowl according to the directions will yield lovely, fluffy pancakes!

Fluffy Gluten-Free Pancakes

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Assemble your ingredients.
white flours in glass bowl with whisk

Whisk the dry ingredients together.

Add an egg to the well.

egg in flour mixture
beaten egg surrounded by flour

Whisk to break up the egg.

Add the other wet ingredients into the mix.

oil, vanilla, and egg in centre of flour
whisk in batter in glass bowl

Whisk everything together until smooth.

Cook until small bubbles form.

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fluffy gluten free pancake in pan, cooked side up

Flip and cook on the second side. Enjoy!

How to Cook Gluten-Free Pancakes

I cook pancakes at home on two well-seasoned cast-iron skillets. With two of them going at the same time, it doesn't take long to whip up a batch of pancakes. If we're away in our motorhome where I keep only one cast iron skillet, it takes just a little bit longer to make pancakes.

One time, I made these pancakes at a friend's house. They have a beautiful, nonstick electric griddle (affiliate link), and I was able to cook all eight pancakes at once. The temperature was perfect, and every single one turned out well! Since I've used it, I'm tempted to put one on my own Amazon wish list!

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More Gluten-Free Breakfasts You Might Like

  • Quinoa Breakfast Bowl with Sweet Potatoes and Sausage
  • Gluten Free Pumpkin Pancakes
  • Omelette Muffins
  • Sweet and Salty Gluten Free Granola
  • Instant Pot Porridge
  • Almond Teff Pancakes
  • Gluten Free Granola
  • Sorghum Pancakes
  • Cinnamon Rolls
  • French Toast

Recipe

stack of gluten free pancakes with butter on top, garnished with strawberries

Pancakes

Fluffy gluten free pancakes are great plain or with a cup of berries stirred into the batter. It's all whisked together in one bowl.
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American, Canadian
Keyword: breakfast, gluten free, pancakes
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 8 small pancakes
Calories: 115kcal
Author: Cathy

Equipment

  • electric griddle
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Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup gluten free oat flour
  • ⅓ cup tapioca flour
  • ⅓ cup brown rice flour
  • 2 tablespoons raw cane sugar
  • 1 tablespoon gluten free baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon xanthan gum
  • ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tablespoons avocado oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¾ cup nondairy milk (Use coconut milk from the carton for nut free.)

Instructions

  • Add dry ingredients (the first 7 on the list) to a mixing bowl. Whisk them together and make a well in the centre.
  • Drop an egg into the well in the centre. Break it up with the whisk.
  • Add the oil, vanilla, and coconut milk to the egg in the centre. Whisk them together, gradually incorporating the dry ingredients. Keep whisking until all of the ingredients are blended together.
  • Heat a well-seasoned, lightly oiled cast iron skillet, nonstick pan, or a griddle to medium-low or medium heat. Add a little avocado oil to keep pancakes from sticking. Test the temperature by dropping just a drop of batter onto the hot pan. You want it to start to cook immediately without burning right away.
  • Ladle ¼ cup batter onto pan or griddle for each pancake. Cook until it starts to look dry around the edges and bubbles form on top. Flip over and cook on second side. Keep warm to serve.

Notes

You may add a cup of fresh or frozen blueberries to the batter after the other ingredients have been blended and just before cooking.

Nutrition

Serving: 1pancake | Calories: 115kcal | Carbohydrates: 15.2g | Protein: 1.8g | Fat: 4.9g
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